Wales desperate to revive special relationship

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SEPARATED by several continents, Wales and New Zealand, two small nations, have been united by a passion for rugby. The pages of an unlikely narrative can be turned to uncover the root of the alliance almost 100 years ago. The bond, begun by a disputed “try” in 1905, has stretched down the ages and the tale has been handed down from father to son ever since. It resumes again tomorrow. If New Zealand’s supremacy over the past 20 years has opened up a startling margin when once there was a hair’s breadth between the two, the fixture’s bewitching spell remains